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Around the Sun No. 11

1962–65
(French, 1887–1966)
France, 20th century
color woodcut
Support: Japanese wove paper
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Sheet: 47.7 x 37.4 cm (18 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.); Image: 26.9 x 21.4 cm (10 9/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Gift of Judith Mendelsohn in memory of Harvey and Michael Mendelsohn 1999.143
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Catalogue raisonné: Arntz no. 262, p. 227; see literature for full citation
Location: not on view
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Arp was one of the founders of the Dada movement in Zurich, a group of artists who exploited accident in their work. Arp allowed chance to play a major role in the organization of shapes in collages, although he explained that this was only a point of departure for images he consciously rearranged.
Around the Sun No. 11

Around the Sun No. 11

1962–65

Jean Arp

(French, 1887–1966)
France, 20th century

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